Kurdish-led forces ready for push on last IS pocket

Kurdish-led forces in eastern Syria prepared Friday for a push on the last remaining speck of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" where diehard jihadists and their families are holed up.US President Donald Trump predicted that the once-sprawling proto-state's official defeat could be proclaimed as early as next week but operations have been paused for days on the main front line.Four years ago, IS controlled territory the size of Britain and administered millions of people, but the US-led coal